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Michele Crosby    -    Development Director

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Michele Crosby, Development Director of STRIVE DC, acts as a critical link for STRIVE DC, as her proposal authorship and grant research lead to the program's ultimate viability. In conjunction with the Executive Director, Michele finds and pursues all methods of funding, matching specific developmental needs with specific grants. A veteran professional in proposal-writing and cost-analysis, she began by receiving her BA in mathematics at Hampton University and then her MA in economics at The University of Illinois. Her numerous work-force responsibilities have given her titles of Economic Analyst, Social Science Analyst, Management Consultant, and Senior Financial Analyst. Her work has revolved
around health affairs, especially with the Department of Defense and other state social programs that utilized her economic and analytical skills.
              Within the requirement for development funding and program improvement, Michelle has been very creative in finding donors of products. In addition to traditional funding, she pursues gifts from service-providers like brochures from printing companies, signs from sign-companies, garden flowers from commercial nurseries, etc. Her other duties have her perform grant "maintenance" tasks including interim and follow-up reports. Her self-imposed mission is simply to let the work of STRIVE be known.